Applicability of the low-cost OPC-N3 optical particle counter for microphysical measurements of fog

Nurowska, Katarzyna; Mohammadi, Moein; Malinowski, Szymon; Markowicz, Krzysztof

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-2415-2023

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16 May 2023

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Applicability of the low-cost OPC-N3 optical particle counter for microphysical measurements of fog

Katarzyna Nurowska, Moein Mohammadi, Szymon Malinowski, and Krzysztof Markowicz

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